It sometimes pays to take a second look at your local Sparrows . We've a growing population of House Sparrows (last count heading for 50+) which inhabit the hawthorn and box hedges around our house. Very occasionally we've seen Tree sparrows hiding out with them, and have even spotted two of them checking out some nestboxes on our house this year - but have never managed to get any decent or sharp shots of them. Yesterday, I happened to look out of the back window and spotted this chap sunning himself, stretching and giving the odd interogative "churp". For once he stayed put while I found a chair to stand on, and opened the top window to shoot him over the top of the fence.
No chance of a blury BG, and no chance of asking him to pick a better perch ...just pure sparrow-in-habitat
(ps. if anyone would like to adopt a house spuggie, drop me a line as I'm sure we can spare a couple - they're eating all our seed )
I wonder how many of us have sparrow images - I certainly dont but if they were put on the endangered species we would all want one,How fickle we are
Nice enviro shot
Nice pic of a bird that is not often seen, can't remember when I last saw one, must start checking out the flocks of H.S's, bg doesn't bother me too much, it shows habitat well..
Dave... I have a few, always end up shooting sparrows when there is not a lot else around...
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3 repliesIt sometimes pays to take a second look at your local Sparrows
No chance of a blury BG, and no chance of asking him to pick a better perch
(ps. if anyone would like to adopt a house spuggie, drop me a line as I'm sure we can spare a couple - they're eating all our seed
Beautiful shot in nice light. Until two years ago I had a lady who had up to 40 of these visiting her garden - she moved to Lyme Regis
David
Nice enviro shot
Dave... I have a few, always end up shooting sparrows when there is not a lot else around...